Welcome to the first Broadcasting From Home Podcast of 2016. Scrappy starts of the podcast with a tribute to the great David Bowie, and features a set of hidden gems, great songs from great artists that somehow never made the mark they should have.

Featuring music from David Bowie, Seu Jorge, Midlake, Rare Earth, Sarah Harmer, John Coates Jr. and more, Scrappy launches into a new year with songs to take away the winter’s chill. Oh, and don’t forget that the request lines are always open over our Facebook page, just head over and let us know what you want to hear.

With Thanksgiving upon us, Scrappy serves up a brand new holiday themed podcast. That’s right, Thanksgiving is the time when families gather and it often drives people to drink and to take drugs. Yup, In honor of turkey day, this week’s podcast features music all about drugs and alcohol.

This specially themed podcast features music from Jefferson Airplane, Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby, Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel, Brewer & Shipley, Peter Tosh, Evan Dando and many more. So take a trip to Scrappyville and he promises to sedate you with some kind bud and strong drinks – musically speaking that is.

With late-autumn upon us, Scrappy starts off by taking you down the rural roads of the Hudson River Valley with a backroad soundtrack.

This week’s podcast features music from the likes of Field Report, Drive-By Truckers, Meshell Ndegeocello, Fatboy Slim, and as this week’s cover image alludes to, a little Jonathan Richman, and much more. Scrappy wants to know, do want to hear that old Fatboy Song? Absolutely – check it out now!

On this week’s podcast, Scrappy pays tribute to one of his heroes, Vin Scelsa,the great voice of NY radio who retired in May after 47 years on the air. Scrappy learned much of what he knows musically from Vin, so he says fare thee well to Vin with some well chosen tunes from The Ramones, The Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello and more.

The podcast also features tracks from the likes of Toots Thielemans, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Tom Waits and much, much more. So put on those headphones and sit back and relax, because Scrappy’s here baby.

Holy Moly! It’s only been one week since the last podcast. That’s right, two podcasts in two weeks – no waiting!

In part two of a looking back retrospective, Scrappy mines some gold nuggets from the first five years of podcasts. This second in a series of very special podcasts features tracks from Richard Hawley, The Rolling Stones, The Derek Trucks Band, Yo La Tengo, Jr. Walker and many more. So join Scrappy and enjoy an extra helping of podcast goodness.

The number five appears prominently in this week’s podcast – it’s podcast number 50, which comes five months after the past podcast, and nearly five years since our debut back in September of 2010.
In this first part of a very special retrospective podcast, Scrappy plays some favorites from the first 50 podcasts, including tracks from Los Straightjackets, Nad Surf, Frank Zappa, The Beastie Boys, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and many more. So come join Scrappy in his newly relocated Studio Tea, deep in the backwoods of the Hudson Valley

It’s been less than a month since the last podcast, so Scrappy must have some spare time on his hands. Featuring songs from Bombino, Ryan Adams, The Waterboys, tUnE-yArDs, Laura Mvula and many more, Scrappy helps prepare you for the coming spring with some music that’s sure to get you up and moving and grooving (at least that’s the case for the second half of the show).

Podcast 50 is just down the pike, so stay tuned for a special best of Broadcasting from Home, coming soon to an internet near you.

The Oscars are still 30 minutes off, but why watch? We all know in advance who the winners will be (Birdman, Patricia Arquette, Michael Keaton, Julianne Moore, and Richard Linklater). Instead, join Scrappy for a solid hour music meant to melt your winters blues away.

Featuring music from J. Geils Band, The Frames, Doves, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and many, many more, this week’s podcast is Scrappy’s way of expressing his guilt that he’s shirtless in the 80 degree weather down in Florida while the rest of you are freezing your chesterfields off. Don’t be mad a Scrappy, let him warm your heart instead. People Get Ready!